>> There didn't seem to be a lot of strong arguments for the points made in this article. Most of the situation the author finds herself in seems to be due to a

>> There didn't seem to be a lot of strong arguments for the points made in this article. Most of the situation the author finds herself in seems to be due to a poor economy in general (lower pay, rising housing, education and health care costs) and bad financial decisions (not saving up money, buying expensive food, etc), then having anything to do with the sharing economy and not owning something. Thanks, I was going to say the same thing. The fact that the author kept calling out the expensive coffee, drinks, snacks, etc almost makes me think the whole thing was trolling. I also want to throttle the lady subletting her apartment on AirBnB. That's almost always against your lease, quite possibly the HOA rules, and maybe local ordinances. If breaking contracts and laws is the only way you can afford an apartment then you can't afford that apartment.